Double Duece in class blog

I agree with the statment that the residents of Double Duece should tell the cops, Hawk, and Spencer, what they know about crime in their complex instead of keeping quiet to benefit their well-being. I think they should tell them because they know, or have an idea on how to handle the gang unlike the residents. For example, i chapter three of the book were the committee first met Hawk and Spencer, a woman from the committee says "And how we supposed to stand up to them? We a bunch of women and old men and little kids. How we suppose to make some kind of life here when the gangbangers fuck with us when ever they feel like?". To me, this shows that they have no means to fight back and they need help. I think that they need the help of the police, Spencer, and Hawk because I don't think the residents of Double Duece would be able to get out of that life by themselves. Also, if they just kept quiet that would not solve their problem about the gangs and crime. The residents would still be stuck living in that dangerous nieghborhood.